Chapter Ⅰ Typical Offshore Structures

Introduction

The offshore industry requires continued development of new technologies in order to produce oil in regions， which are inaccessible to exploit with the existing technologies. Sometimes， the cost of production with the existing know-how makes it unattractive. With the depletion of onshore and offshore shallow water reserves， the exploration and production of oil in deep water has become a challenge to the offshore industry. Offshore exploration and production of minerals is advancing into deeper waters at a fast pace. Many deepwater structures have already been installed worldwide. New oil/gas fields are being discovered in ultra-deep water. Many of these fields are small and their economic development is a challenge today to the offshore engineers. This has initiated the ......     （共1315字）    [阅读本文]>>